Potential for cubing to be on TV?

i think the competition schedule would have to be changed so lots of events are going on at the same time so the cameras can switch back and forth to some events so that people watching on tv don't get bored just watching one event. to plan it out that way would be hard though.
 
The problem is that non-cubers don't know what's going on during a solve. They don't know how close they are to complete the solve, the only thing they can notice is when they pick up the cube and put down the cube. What's the point of watching that? What are they supposed to look at? Someone randomly turning a cube? Interesting? No. They won't get excited of a fast time when they have no clue of what's going on. They will watch people getting ranked by, in their eyes, random times between 8 and 15.

In any other sport shown on television the watcher can get an idea of how well the athlete is doing during the match/game/whatever just by looking at them while they are doing it. By looking at cubers they will only know how well they did when the solve is done.
 
BC1997 said:
People watch cupstackers, why not cubers.
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Because this. Just replace "other sport" with cupstacking.

Johan444 said:
The problem is that non-cubers don't know what's going on during a solve. They don't know how close they are to complete the solve, the only thing they can notice is when they pick up the cube and put down the cube. What's the point of watching that? What are they supposed to look at? Someone randomly turning a cube? Interesting? No. They won't get excited of a fast time when they have no clue of what's going on. They will watch people getting ranked by, in their eyes, random times between 8 and 15.

In any other sport shown on television the watcher can get an idea of how well the athlete is doing during the match/game/whatever just by looking at them while they are doing it. By looking at cubers they will only know how well they did when the solve is done.
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Then again, another half of the show or something could be (well) spent indoctrinating people into the basics of cubing. I can visualise a short informative 3D animation with a voiceover that could help people to get the gist of it.
 
The fact that something more boring than cubing has been televised is no good reason for cubing to be on television. People will probably just watch 5 minutes of it. It'll never work out.
 
The World Series of Poker used to be exactly this boring, before they figured out how to make it interesting and educational with the hole-cam, graphics, personal history vignettes, and entertaining commentary.
 
teller said:
The World Series of Poker used to be exactly this boring, before they figured out how to make it interesting and educational with the hole-cam, graphics, personal history vignettes, and entertaining commentary.
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They can't get too overboard with the cameras though. It would get distracting. Other than that. They could do a WCA profile overview on each person.
 
People like watching me cubing despite they don't know what's going on, cause it looks impossible to them.
Maybe some people will watch it too, just to see something impossible over and over again? Some people might wnat to find out how that works, and then they want to follow that things on TV...

Also, I'm not sure If I like the WSOP comparison. People know Poker rules, but they don't know how to solve a Rubik's Cube. They disvovered they can make a hole-cam so people see what's going on, also there was suddenly more room for commentary.
What could be the hole-cam of cubing?
 
I think that for most non cubers, it would not be fun to watch. The thing about the cubing community, is we've all mostly heard of eachother and are great friends. Nothing beats hanging out with friends and cubing. It's hard to feel that fun and excitement through a screen if you know what I mean. Plus we all have those jokes only cubers will get.

My point is, if you (as in non cubers) don't know this stuff, it makes it less enjoyable. Remember, this is just an opinion.
 
Dacuba said:
Also, I'm not sure If I like the WSOP comparison. People know Poker rules, but they don't know how to solve a Rubik's Cube. They disvovered they can make a hole-cam so people see what's going on, also there was suddenly more room for commentary.
What could be the hole-cam of cubing?
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Ultra-light sensors inside the cube that wirelessly transmit to the editing room, where TPS graphics are displayed in real time along with, for example, a reconstruction of whatever interesting bits of the solve you'll want to watch for during the slow motion replay.
 
teller said:
The World Series of Poker used to be exactly this boring, before they figured out how to make it interesting and educational with the hole-cam, graphics, personal history vignettes, and entertaining commentary.
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A majority of people know the basics of playing poker though, at least enough to be able to follow what's going on. Those who have even the tiniest bit of cubing knowledge are few and far between. Poker also has the appeal of being directly head to head, with one person eliminating another.
 
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